U.S. patent application number 16/567698 was filed with the patent office on 2020-03-12 for fa ade structure.
The applicant listed for this patent is Moeding Keramikfassaden GmbH. Invention is credited to Claus Girnghuber, Dietmar Muller, Rudolf Wagner.
Application Number | 20200080317 16/567698 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 63579082 |
Filed Date | 2020-03-12 |
United States Patent
Application |
20200080317 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Girnghuber; Claus ; et
al. |
March 12, 2020 |
FA ADE STRUCTURE
Abstract
A facade structure is described, preferably a curtain-wall
back-ventilated facade structure, with a substructure formed from
support profiles which is arranged in front of a building wall and
anchored fixedly in the floor and/or in the building wall, with
extruded facade tiles made of ceramic material, preferably clay
material, which are fastened to the substructure via tile holders.
In order to be able to arrange the facade tiles in the vertical
format, in addition to the tile holders which grip on the vertical
edges of the facade tiles, it is provided that weight-supporting
holders, which have receivers which engage in each case in a lower
edge of the facade tiles, are fastened to the support profiles to
which the tile holders are fastened or to further support profiles
of the substructure directly or via separate supports.
Inventors: |
Girnghuber; Claus;
(Marklkofen, DE) ; Wagner; Rudolf; (Straubing,
DE) ; Muller; Dietmar; (Frontenhausen, DE) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Moeding Keramikfassaden GmbH |
Marklkofen |
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DE |
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Family ID: |
63579082 |
Appl. No.: |
16/567698 |
Filed: |
September 11, 2019 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E04F 13/0819 20130101;
E04F 2203/04 20130101; E04F 13/0812 20130101; E04F 13/142 20130101;
E04F 13/083 20130101; E04F 13/0826 20130101 |
International
Class: |
E04F 13/08 20060101
E04F013/08 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Sep 12, 2018 |
EP |
18194066.9 |
Claims
1. A facade structure, with a substructure formed of support
profiles, which is arranged in front of a building wall and
anchored fixedly in the floor and/or in the building wall, with
facade tiles formed with ridges and/or extruded, which are fastened
to the substructure via tile holders, wherein all or only some of
the support profiles have the tile holders, wherein the tile
holders are fastened to the support profiles directly or via
separate supports, and the tile holders have receivers, which
engage with edge areas of the facade tiles to fasten the facade
tiles, and wherein the facade tiles are arranged in and/or in front
of the substructure with the longitudinal extent of their ridges
and/or extrusion direction aligned vertically, and wherein the
engagement of the receiver of the tile holders is formed on
opposite vertical edges of the facade tiles, and wherein
weight-supporting holders, which have receivers which grip in each
case on a lower edge of the facade tiles, are fastened to the
support profiles to which the tile holders are fastened or to
further support profiles of the substructure directly or via
separate supports.
2. The facade structure according to claim 1, wherein the facade
tiles are formed from ceramic material.
3. The facade structure according to claim 1, wherein upper support
holders, which have receivers which grip in each case on an upper
edge of the facade tiles, are fastened to the support profiles to
which the tile holders are fastened or to further support profiles
of the substructure directly or via separate supports.
4. The facade structure according to claim 3, wherein the receivers
grip in each case on a horizontal edge of the facade tiles.
5. The facade structure according to claim 1, wherein the
weight-supporting holder and/or the upper support holder is or are
fastened to the support profile by a screw connection and/or a
rivet connection and/or a clamping connection and/or a
positive-locking plug-in device.
6. The facade structure according to claim 3, wherein the
weight-supporting holder or/and the receiver of the
weight-supporting holder or/and the upper support holder or/and the
receiver of the upper support holder is or are arranged concealed
behind the assigned facade tile or behind the assigned facade
tiles.
7. The facade structure according to claim 1, wherein the receiver
of the tile holder which engages with the vertical edge area of the
facade tile is formed U-shaped.
8. The facade structure according to claim 7, wherein the receiver
of the tile holder which engages with the vertical edge area of the
facade tile is formed as a double receiver with two U-shaped
receivers facing away from each other.
9. The facade structure according to claim 1, wherein the tile
holder or/and the receiver of the tile holder is or are arranged
concealed behind the assigned facade tile or behind the assigned
facade tiles.
10. The facade structure according to claim 1, wherein the vertical
edges of the facade tile on which the tile holders engage with
their receivers are formed on vertical outside edges of the facade
tile.
11. The facade structure according to claim 10, wherein the
vertical outside edges are in each case formed with at least one
ridge edge on opposite sides of the facade tile, the outside edges
having in each case a back ridge edge and a front ridge edge or one
outside edge having a back ridge edge and a front ridge edge and
the other outside edge having only a back ridge edge.
12. The facade structure according to claim 1, wherein several tile
holders, which engage with opposite vertical edges of the facade
tiles, wherein the support profile is arranged horizontally, are
fastened to the support profile in horizontal alignment.
13. The facade structure according to claim 12, wherein the several
tile holders engage with opposite vertical edges of a horizontal
row of facade tiles and are detachably fastened to the support
profile in horizontal alignment.
14. The facade structure according to claim 1, wherein several tile
holders, which engage with vertical edges of the facade tile,
wherein the support profile is arranged vertically, are fastened,
to a support profile in vertical alignment.
15. The facade structure according to claim 14, wherein the several
tile holders engage with vertical edges of the facade tile in a
vertical row of facade tiles, and are detachably fastened to a
support profile in vertical alignment.
16. The facade structure according to claim 1, wherein the facade
tiles are impinged on by a press-on device for the purpose of a
shake-proof arrangement.
17. The facade structure according to claim 16, wherein the
press-on device is formed by separate press-on elements, wherein
each of the press-on elements has a compression spring device and
acts directly only on an assigned facade tile.
18. The facade structure according to claim 17, wherein the
press-on element is arranged concealed behind an assigned facade
tile and supported against the substructure.
19. A construction set for the production of a facade structure,
selectively as a vertical facade structure or as a horizontal
facade structure, in each case made of facade tiles with ridges
and/or extruded, wherein, in the vertical facade structure, the
facade tiles are aligned with the longitudinal extent of their
ridges and/or the extrusion direction vertical, and wherein, in the
horizontal facade structure, the facade tiles are aligned with the
longitudinal extent of their ridges and/or the extrusion direction
horizontal, and wherein the construction set comprises the
following components: a) several support profiles, which are
fastenable to a building wall or to the floor directly or via
intermediate supports to form a substructure; b) several tile
holders with a receiver for engaging with an edge section of the
facade tiles, wherein the tile holders are formed for fastening to
one of the support profiles; c) several weight-supporting holders
with a receiver for bearing the facade tiles, wherein the
weight-supporting holder is formed for fastening to one of the
support profiles; d) extruded facade tiles formed with ridges
and/or extruded; and wherein the following components are
necessarily used to produce a vertical facade structure: a), b),
c), d), and wherein the following components are necessarily used
to produce a horizontal facade structure: a), b), d).
20. A method for producing a facade structure, formed as a vertical
facade structure and/or as a horizontal facade structure, in each
case made of facade tiles with ridges and/or extruded, wherein the
vertical facade structure is formed in such a way that the facade
tiles are arranged on a substructure arranged in front of a
building wall via tile holders, with the longitudinal extent of
their ridges and/or the extrusion direction aligned vertically, and
wherein the horizontal facade structure is formed in such a way
that the facade tiles are arranged on a substructure arranged in
front of a building wall via tile holders, with the longitudinal
extent of their ridges and/or the extrusion direction aligned
horizontally, and wherein the following components are used to
produce the vertical facade structure: substructure components
comprising support profiles, which are fastenable to the building
wall or to the floor directly or via intermediate supports to form
the substructure; tile holders with a receiver for engaging with an
edge section of the facade tiles, wherein the tile holders are
formed for fastening to one of the support profiles;
weight-supporting holders with a receiver for bearing the facade
tiles, wherein the weight-supporting holder is formed for fastening
to one of the support profiles; and extruded facade tiles; and the
following components are used to produce the horizontal facade
structure: substructure components comprising support profiles,
which are fastenable to a building wall or to the floor directly or
via intermediate supports to form a substructure; tile holders with
a receiver for engaging with an edge section of the facade tiles,
wherein the tile holders are formed for fastening to one of the
support profiles; and extruded facade tiles.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention is based on a facade structure, preferably a
curtain-wall back-ventilated facade structure. The facade structure
has a substructure formed of support profiles, which is arranged in
front of a building wall and anchored fixedly in the floor and/or
in the building wall. The facade structure comprises extruded
facade tiles made of ceramic material, preferably clay material,
which are fastened to the substructure via tile holders. The tile
holders, which hold the facade tiles, are arranged on all or only
some of the support profiles. The tile holders are fastened to the
support profiles directly or via separate supports. The tile
holders have receivers which engage with edge areas of the facade
tiles to fasten, i.e. hold, the facade tiles.
[0002] Facade structures constructed in such a way are described in
EP 2 186 966 A2, EP 1 878 847 A2 and DE 10 2007 037 566 A1. In
these facade structures, in each case, the facade tiles are
arranged in the horizontal format, i.e. with the extrusion
direction running horizontally. In each case the tile holders have
H-shaped receivers, i.e. double receivers, consisting of a U-shaped
receiver open towards the top and a U-shaped receiver open towards
the bottom. The receivers grip on the facade tiles in each case on
the lower and on the upper horizontal ridge edge. Joint profiles
which ensure a shake-proof arrangement of the facade tiles are
arranged in the vertically running joint spaces between
horizontally adjacent facade tiles. In EP 1 878 847 A2 such joint
profiles are shown built into the vertical joints in the facade
structure.
[0003] An arrangement of the facade tiles in the vertical format,
i.e. a facade structure in which the facade tiles are arranged with
the extrusion direction running vertically, is not possible in an
identical arrangement with the known identical components of the
horizontal facade structure, as the lower and upper horizontal rims
of the facade tiles in the case of the vertical arrangement of the
facade tiles are formed by the planar cut faces which lie
transverse to the extrusion direction, with the result that a
comparable engagement of the H-shaped receivers of the tile holders
is not possible, in particular not concealed from the front, i.e.
invisible in the horizontal joint.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] The object of the invention is to develop a facade structure
which makes embodiments with an arrangement of the facade tiles in
vertical format and embodiments with an arrangement of the facade
tiles in horizontal format possible using at least some identical
components.
[0005] The invention achieves the object with the subject-matter of
main claim 1.
[0006] Main claim 1 provides a facade structure, preferably a
curtain-wall back-ventilated facade structure. The facade structure
comprises facade tiles formed with ridges and/or extruded. The
facade tiles are fastened to the substructure via tile holders. The
facade tiles are used in the facade structure in vertical format,
i.e. the facade tiles are arranged in the facade structure such
that they are aligned vertically with the longitudinal extent of
their ridges or in the case of extruded facade tiles in the
extrusion direction.
[0007] The ridges preferably extend along opposite outside rims of
the facade tiles. The longitudinal extent of the ridges therefore
corresponds to the longitudinal extent of these rims. The ridges
preferably form the edge areas of these rims.
[0008] The facade tiles are preferably formed from ceramic
material, e.g. clay material.
[0009] The facade structure has a substructure, which comprises a
plurality of identical support profiles and optionally additional
modified support profiles and supports. The substructure is
arranged in front of a building wall and anchored fixedly in the
floor and/or in the building wall.
[0010] The tile holders, which hold the facade tiles, are arranged
on all or only some of the support profiles. The tile holders are
fastened, preferably detachably, to the support profiles directly
or via separate supports. The tile holders have receivers which
engage with edge areas, preferably with the ridges of the facade
tiles, to fasten, i.e. hold, the facade tiles. The term "engage" in
conjunction with "receiver of the tile holder" means that the
receiver grips around the edge area of the facade tile on several
sides or supports it only on one side like a bearing. The receivers
can be U-shaped receivers which clasp the respective edge area of
the facade tiles.
[0011] In the vertical facade structure according to main claim 1
it is important that the fastening of the facade tiles via the tile
holders is effected by arranging the tile holders such that the
engagement of the receiver of the tile holders is formed on
opposite vertical edges of the facade tiles.
[0012] In addition to the tile holders, which preferably have
U-shaped receivers and grip on the vertical edges of the facade
tiles, it is provided according to main claim 1 that
weight-supporting holders in each case grip on the lower edge of
the facade tiles. The weight-supporting holders on the lower edge
of the facade tiles are important in conjunction with the tile
holders acting laterally on the vertical edges, in order to take
the weight of the facade tiles. The weight-supporting holders are
fastened, preferably detachably, to the support profiles to which
the tile holders are fastened or to further support profiles of the
substructure directly or via separate supports. The
weight-supporting holders have receivers, preferably L-shaped
receivers, which grip on the lower edge of the facade tiles, i.e.
grip underneath the lower edge of the facade tiles, in order to
support the edge there to take the weight of the facade tiles. The
term "grip" in conjunction with the weight-supporting holder is to
be understood broadly. It means that the weight-supporting holder
can grip around the assigned edge of the facade tile on one or more
sides or can also only rest against it. In particular, the
weight-supporting holder can engage in a groove cut into the lower
edge of the facade tile or engage between ridges formed on the
lower edge, preferably gripping around the back ridge. It is
important that the receiver of the weight-supporting holder forms a
bearing for the facade tile to support the weight. In each case
several such weight-supporting holders can be provided per facade
tile, but it is also possible to use only one weight-supporting
holder in each case for each facade tile.
[0013] Preferred developments of the facade structure relate to the
weight-supporting holders which are used in particular in the case
of the vertical facade structure. In order to obtain a good
engagement of the weight-supporting holders, it can be provided
that the receiver of the weight-supporting holder which grips on
the horizontal edge of the facade tile is formed L-shaped or
U-shaped. To fasten the weight-supporting holders and/or the upper
support holders to the substructure, it can be provided that the
weight-supporting holder is fastened to the support profile by a
screw connection and/or a rivet connection and/or a clamping
connection and/or a positive-locking plug-in device.
[0014] In particularly preferred embodiments it is provided that
upper support holders, which have receivers which grip in each case
on an upper, preferably horizontal, edge of the facade tiles, are
fastened to the support profiles to which the tile holders are
fastened or to further support profiles of the substructure
directly or via separate supports.
[0015] The term "grip" in conjunction with the upper support holder
is to be understood broadly. It means that the upper support holder
can grip around the assigned edge of the facade tile on one or more
sides or can also only rest against it. In particular, the upper
support holder can engage in a groove cut into the upper edge of
the facade tile or engage between ridges formed on the upper edge,
preferably gripping around the back ridge. In each case several
such upper support holders can be provided per facade tile, but it
is also possible to use only one upper support holder in each case
for each facade tile.
[0016] It is important that the upper support holder is primarily
to prevent the facade tile held by the tile holders and the
weight-supporting holder from tilting out.
[0017] In preferred embodiments it can be provided that the upper
support holder is formed identical to the weight-supporting holder,
e.g. has a receiver formed L-shaped or U-shaped. Preferred
embodiments can provide that the weight-supporting holder or/and
the receiver of the weight-supporting holder or/and the upper
support holder or/and the receiver of the upper support holder is
or are arranged concealed behind the assigned facade tile or behind
the assigned facade tiles.
[0018] Preferred embodiments can provide that the lower, preferably
horizontal, outside edge of the facade tile or/and the upper,
preferably horizontal, outside edge of the facade tile is or are
formed with a back ridge edge and a front ridge edge, wherein the
receiver of the weight-supporting holder or the receiver of the
upper support holder grips on the assigned back ridge edge.
[0019] In preferred embodiments the back ridge can be formed
shorter than the front ridge, with the result that the back ridge
is concealed by the front ridge.
[0020] In particularly preferred embodiments it is provided that
the lower horizontal outside edge of the facade tile and the upper
horizontal outside edge of the facade tile are in each case formed
with a forward, i.e. front, ridge edge preferably by introduction
of a corresponding cut into the lower horizontal outside edge and
into the upper horizontal outside edge of the facade tile, wherein
the weight-supporting holder gripping on the lower horizontal
outside edge of the facade tile is arranged concealed behind the
front ridge edge of the facade tile arranged on the lower
horizontal outside edge and concealed behind the front ridge edge
of the facade tile adjoining it at the bottom, formed on the upper
horizontal outside edge.
[0021] Correspondingly, in embodiments which have upper support
holders these can be arranged concealed behind a front ridge edge
on the upper horizontal outside edge of the facade tile and a front
ridge edge on the lower horizontal outside edge of the facade tile
adjoining it at the top.
[0022] With regard to the design of the tile holders, it can be
provided, for the purposes of a good engagement of the receiver of
the tile holder with the facade tiles, in particular in the case of
the vertical facade structure, that the receiver of the tile holder
which engages with the vertical edge area of the facade tile is
formed U-shaped, preferably as a double receiver with two U-shaped
receivers facing away from each other. In a preferred development
it can be provided that the vertical edges of the facade tile on
which the tile holders grip with their receiver are formed on
vertical outside edges of the facade tile. In particular, it can be
provided that the vertical outside edges of the facade tile are
formed as ridge edges, in each case with a back ridge edge and a
front ridge edge, wherein the tile holders grip on the back ridge
edge. In preferred embodiments of the facade tile one vertical
outside edge has a back ridge edge and a front ridge edge but the
other vertical outside edge has only a back ridge edge, wherein the
tile holders in each case grip on the back ridge edge.
[0023] Preferred embodiments provide that the tile holder or/and
the receiver of the tile holder is or are arranged concealed behind
the assigned facade tile or behind the assigned facade tiles.
[0024] A particularly favourable mode of operation in the mounting
of the facade tile results if it is provided that several tile
holders, which engage with opposite vertical edges of the facade
tiles--preferably opposite vertical edges of a horizontal row of
facade tiles--wherein the support profile is arranged horizontally,
are fastened, preferably detachably, to the support profile in
horizontal alignment. Alternatively, it can also be provided that
several tile holders, which engage with vertical edges of the
facade tile--preferably vertical edges of facade tiles in a
vertical row of facade tiles--wherein the support profile is
arranged vertically, are fastened, preferably detachably, to a
support profile in vertical alignment.
[0025] As an alternative or in addition to joint profiles, it can
be provided that the facade tiles are impinged on by a press-on
device for the purpose of a shake-proof arrangement, wherein it can
be provided that the press-on device is formed by separate press-on
elements, wherein each of the press-on elements has a compression
spring device and acts directly only on an assigned facade
tile.
[0026] With regard to the support and arrangement of the press-on
elements, it can be provided that the press-on element is
detachably fastened to a support profile directly or via a separate
support. It can preferably be provided that the press-on element is
arranged concealed behind an assigned facade tile and supported
against the substructure. The arrangement of the press-on element
can in each case be formed such that the press-on element grips on
the back of the assigned facade tile in an area which is arranged
at a distance from the tile holders gripping on the facade tile
with their receivers.
[0027] With regard to the compression spring device, it can be
provided that the press-on element has a press-on spring clip for
cooperating with the back of the assigned facade tile. The press-on
spring clip cooperates, with the outside of the spring clip, with
the back of the facade tile. The press-on spring clip can have a
fluting on the outside in particular embodiments.
[0028] With regard to the fastening of the press-on elements to or
in the substructure, it is advantageous if it is provided that the
press-on element has a fastening section, which is fastened to the
support profile by means of a screw connection and/or rivet
connection and/or a clamping connection and/or a plug-in device
engaging in a positive-locking manner in a slot in the support
profile.
[0029] The subject-matter of independent main claim 13 represents a
further solution according to the invention. Main claim 13 provides
a construction set for the production of a facade structure,
selectively as a vertical facade structure or as a horizontal
facade structure.
[0030] Embodiments of the facade structure as a horizontal facade
structure, i.e. with an arrangement of the facade tile aligned with
the extrusion direction horizontal, are possible using the
identical tile holders, which then in each case conventionally grip
on the lower and upper edge areas of the facade tiles. The
identical support profiles can be used to fasten the tile holders,
wherein the support profiles are to be arranged simply rotated by
90.degree. in the substructure. In this case the fastening and
arrangement of the tile holders on the support profiles can be
effected in the same way as in the embodiment in which the facade
tiles are arranged in vertical format.
[0031] The construction set according to main claim 13 is a
construction set for the production of a facade structure,
preferably a curtain-wall back-ventilated facade structure, either
as a vertical facade structure or as a horizontal facade structure.
Facade tiles with ridges and/or extruded facade tiles are used. In
the vertical facade structure the facade tiles are aligned with the
longitudinal extent of their ridges and/or the extrusion direction
vertical. In the horizontal facade structure the facade tiles are
aligned with the longitudinal extent of their ridges and/or the
extrusion direction horizontal.
[0032] The construction set comprises the following components:
[0033] several support profiles, which are fastenable to a building
wall or to the floor directly or via intermediate supports to form
a substructure;
[0034] several tile holders with a receiver for engaging with an
edge section of the facade tiles, wherein the tile holders are
formed for fastening to one of the support profiles;
[0035] several weight-supporting holders with a receiver for
bearing the facade tiles, wherein the weight-supporting holder is
formed for fastening to one of the support profiles;
[0036] extruded facade tiles formed with ridges and/or extruded,
preferably made of ceramic material, e.g. clay material.
[0037] It is provided that:
[0038] the following components are necessarily used to produce a
vertical facade structure: a), b), c), d); and
[0039] the following components are necessarily used to produce a
horizontal facade structure: a), b), d).
[0040] Embodiments of the construction set which have the following
components as additional details are also possible: several upper
support holders with a receiver for gripping on an upper edge of
the facade tile, wherein the upper support holders are formed for
fastening to one of the support profiles.
[0041] In preferred embodiments of the construction set it is
provided that press-on devices (28), which are in each case
assigned to only one facade tile, which are preferably formed as
separate press-on elements or which are in each case assigned to
several facade tiles (12), preferably formed as a joint profile,
are used to produce a vertical facade structure and/or to produce a
horizontal facade structure.
[0042] Furthermore, the invention achieves the stated object also
with a method according to the further independent main claim 14.
This is a method for producing a facade structure as a vertical
facade structure and/or as a horizontal facade structure using in
part identical components. The method of claim 14 is a method for
producing a facade structure, preferably a curtain-wall
back-ventilated facade structure, in each case made of facade tiles
formed with ridges and/or extruded, preferably made of ceramic
material, e.g. clay material, as a vertical facade structure or as
a horizontal facade structure, wherein the vertical facade
structure is formed in such a way that the facade tiles are
arranged on a substructure arranged in front of a building wall via
tile holders, with the longitudinal extent of their ridges and/or
the extrusion direction (SPR) aligned vertically, and wherein the
horizontal facade structure is formed in such a way that the facade
tiles are arranged on a substructure arranged in front of a
building wall via tile holders, with the longitudinal extent of
their ridges and/or the extrusion direction (SPR) aligned
horizontally.
[0043] It is provided that:
[0044] the following components are used to produce the vertical
facade structure: [0045] substructure components comprising support
profiles, which are fastenable to the building wall or to the floor
directly or via intermediate supports to form the substructure;
[0046] tile holders with a receiver for engaging with an edge
section of the facade tiles, wherein the tile holders are formed
for fastening to one of the support profiles; [0047]
weight-supporting holders with a receiver for bearing the facade
tiles, wherein the weight-supporting holder is formed for fastening
to one of the support profiles; and [0048] extruded facade tiles;
and
[0049] the following components are used to produce the horizontal
facade structure: [0050] substructure components comprising support
profiles, which are fastenable to a building wall or to the floor
directly or via intermediate supports to form a substructure;
[0051] tile holders with a receiver for engaging with an edge
section of the facade tiles, wherein the tile holders are formed
for fastening to one of the support profiles; and [0052] extruded
facade tiles.
[0053] The above-named method according to claim 14 can preferably
be a method for producing a facade structure, preferably a
curtain-wall back-ventilated facade structure, in at least one
embodiment as a vertical facade structure and in at least one
embodiment as a horizontal facade structure, in each case made of
facade tiles formed with ridges and/or extruded, preferably made of
ceramic material, e.g. clay material.
[0054] Moreover, the invention achieves the stated object also with
the universal use of an identical support profile with identical
support holders both in a vertical facade structure and in a
horizontal facade structure. Independent main claim 15 is in this
sense a use of support profiles with tile holders for producing a
facade structure, preferably a curtain-wall back-ventilated facade
structure, wherein the facade structure has:
[0055] a substructure formed of the support profiles, which is
arranged in front of a building wall and anchored fixedly in the
floor and/or in the building wall, and
[0056] facade tiles formed with ridges and/or extruded, preferably
made of ceramic material, e.g. clay material, which are fastened to
the substructure via tile holders,
[0057] wherein the tile holders are fastened, preferably
detachably, to at least some of the support profiles of the
substructure, wherein the tile holders have receivers, which grip
on edge areas of the facade tiles to hold the tile holders;
[0058] It is provided that:
[0059] the support profiles to which the tile holders are fastened
are arranged in the vertical facade structure in a first position,
which is specific to the vertical facade structure, and
[0060] the support profiles to which the tile holders are fastened
are arranged in the horizontal facade structure in a second
position, which is specific to the horizontal facade structure,
wherein the second position is arranged rotated by 90.degree.
relative to the first position.
[0061] In the vertical facade structure the facade tiles are
arranged on a substructure arranged in front of a building wall via
tile holders, with the longitudinal extent of their ridges and/or
the extrusion direction aligned vertically.
[0062] In the horizontal facade structure the facade tiles are
arranged on a substructure arranged in front of a building wall via
tile holders, with the longitudinal extent of their ridges and/or
the extrusion direction aligned horizontally.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0063] The invention is now explained in more detail with reference
to figures.
[0064] There are shown in:
[0065] FIG. 1a first facade structure as a horizontal facade
structure in a perspective view;
[0066] FIG. 1a the facade structure of FIG. 1 in a schematic side
view;
[0067] FIG. 2 a second facade structure as a vertical facade
structure in a perspective view;
[0068] FIG. 3 a press-on element from the facade structure of FIG.
2 in a detail representation;
[0069] FIG. 4 a press-on element modified compared with FIG. 3;
[0070] FIG. 5a schematic side view of the facade structure as a
vertical facade structure from FIG. 2 with cuts into the lower or
upper edge of the facade tile for a weight-supporting holder;
[0071] FIG. 5b schematic side view of the facade structure as a
vertical facade structure from FIG. 2 with a weight-supporting
holder in the cuts.
[0072] FIG. 5c schematic side view of the facade structure as a
vertical facade structure from FIG. 2 with a second design of the
cuts and U-shaped angled brackets.
[0073] FIG. 5d schematic side view of the facade structure as a
vertical facade structure from FIG. 2 with a third design of the
cuts and H-shaped angled brackets.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0074] FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a facade structure 1 and
FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of a facade structure 1.
Correspondingly, they are in each case a facade structure with
facade tiles 12, which are arranged on a substructure 4 in front of
a building wall 11. The facade tiles 12 are in each case extruded
tiles made of ceramic material which are rectangular in outline.
The tiles are rectangular in outline and have parallel elongated
holes 12l running in the extrusion direction SPR. The elongated
holes 12l are arranged evenly distributed over the outline face of
the tile in the longitudinal centre plane of the tiles at an
identical mutual distance. The facade tiles 12 are arranged in the
facade structure of FIGS. 1 and 2 in each case such that their
fronts are aligned with each other in each case, forming a common
front plane F.
[0075] Regarding now the differences between the two embodiments in
FIGS. 1 and 2:
[0076] In the first embodiment of the facade structure 1
represented in FIG. 1 the facade tiles 12 are arranged in the
horizontal format, i.e. the facade tiles 12 are arranged in the
facade structure such that their extrusion direction SPR is
arranged horizontally. In contrast, in the second embodiment of the
facade structure represented in FIG. 2 the facade tiles 12 are
arranged in vertical format, i.e. the facade tiles 12 are arranged
in this facade structure such that their extrusion direction SPR is
arranged vertically. The facade tiles 12 are designed identically
in both embodiments of the facade structure. They are simply in
horizontal format in FIG. 1 and in vertical format in FIG. 2, i.e.
arranged rotated by 90.degree. about their vertical axis.
[0077] In the case of the first facade structure in FIG. 1 the
substructure 4 is formed by vertical support profiles 41. Tile
holders 13 are fastened to the support profiles 41 in vertical
rows. The tile holders 13 in each case have an H-shaped receiver
13h. Facade tiles 12 arranged in each case in a vertical line
engage in the H-shaped receivers 13h with their back ridge edges
facing the receiver. The back ridge edges are offset relative to
the forward front of the facade tile backwards in the direction of
the building wall 11. The facade tiles 12 in FIG. 1 have a single
head ridge 12ko in each case on their upper edge; this is formed in
the back plane. On their lower edge the facade tiles have in each
case a longer base ridge 12fl in a front plane and a shorter base
ridge 12fk in the back plane. The head ridge 12ko of the lower
facade tile 12 engages in the lower receiver of the H-shaped
receiver 13h. The back short base ridge 12fk of the upper facade
tile 12 engages in the upper receiver, wherein the longer base
ridge 12fl covers the H-shaped receiver 13h on the front.
[0078] The facade tiles 12 are thus held in the facade structure in
FIG. 1 via the tile holders 13 in that tile holders 13 grip in each
case on the upper edge and on the lower edge with their H-shaped
receivers 13h, namely on the upper edge of the facade tile with the
lower receiver of the H-shaped receiver and on the lower edge of
the facade tile with the upper receiver of the H-shaped
receiver.
[0079] As can be seen in FIG. 1, vertical joints VF are formed
between horizontally adjacent facade tiles. Joint profiles 18
engage in these joints. The joint profiles 18 are formed as spring
steel sheet profiles with a substantially .OMEGA.-shaped cross
section with angled base arms. The joint profile 18 is arranged
between the front of the support profile 41 and the back of the
facade tiles horizontally adjacent to each other via the joint. The
joint profile 18 extends along the longitudinal centre axis of the
support profile 41 over several horizontal rows of the facade
tiles. The joint profile 18 impinges on the facade tiles such that
they are pushed into the receivers 13h of the tile holders 13 in
the direction towards the front of the facade structure and come to
bear against the inside of the front arm of the U-shaped receivers
of the tile holders 13. The joint profile 18 thus ensures a
shake-proof arrangement of the facade tiles in the tile holders
13.
[0080] In the case of the tile holders 13 used in the embodiment in
FIG. 1, clip-shaped stainless steel springs 13f made of sheet
steel, which engage in assigned rearward grooves in the facade
tiles and thus prevent the facade tiles from lifting off, are
integrated in the receivers of the tile holders. Such stainless
steel springs 13f in receivers of tile holders are described e.g.
in EP 1 878 847 A2.
[0081] In the case of the second embodiment of the facade structure
represented in FIG. 2--as stated this is a vertical facade
structure--the substructure 4 is formed by horizontal support
profiles 42. Tile holders 13 are fastened to the support profiles
42 in horizontal rows. The tile holders 13 are constructed
identically to the tile holders in FIG. 1. They have H-shaped
receivers 13h with clip-shaped stainless steel springs 13f
integrated therein. In particular in the case of this use of the
tile holders 13 in the vertical facade structure, in particular
embodiments clip-shaped stainless steel springs 13f can be arranged
in the H-shaped receivers in both receivers in order to hold the
engaging ridge edge. The tile holders 13 grip with their H-shaped
receivers on the vertical side edges of the facade tiles 12
arranged in vertical format. In each case the back ridge edges of
the facade tiles engage in the receivers of the tile holders 13.
The engagement of the lateral ridge edges in FIG. 2 in the H-shaped
receivers of the tile holders 13 is effected in a manner
corresponding to the engagement of the upper and lower ridge edges
in the case of the horizontal facade structure in FIG. 1. The
horizontal support profiles 42 in FIG. 2 are preferably identical
components to those in the case of the vertical support profiles 41
of FIG. 1, wherein those in FIG. 2 are simply arranged in a
horizontal arrangement, i.e. rotated 90.degree. about the vertical
axis. The tile holders 13 in FIG. 2 are preferably also tile
holders which are formed identically and are arranged on the
support profiles 42 identically to the tile holders 13 in FIG. 1.
However, the tile holders 13 in the facade structure in FIG. 2
differ from the tile holders 13 in the facade structure in FIG. 1
with respect to the function. In FIG. 2 the tile holders 13 simply
bear the wind loads, as they simply grip laterally with their
receivers on the vertical edges of the facade tiles.
[0082] In the vertical facade structure in FIG. 2 separate angled
brackets 19 with an angular L-shaped receiver are attached to the
support profiles 42 to support the weight loads. The fastening of
the angled brackets 19 to the support profiles 42 is effected, as
shown in FIG. 2, via a screw or rivet connection on the front of
the support profile 42 outside the fastening rows of elongated
holes, in which the angled brackets 19 are fastened via a rivet
connection. The facade tiles 12 bear with their lower edges on the
angled brackets 19. For this, the free arm of the angular L-shaped
receiver of the angled brackets 19 grips underneath the lower edge
of the facade tiles 12, preferably without protruding at the front
(see FIG. 5).
[0083] As shown in FIG. 5, the angled bracket 19 gripping on the
lower edge of the facade tile 12 can be concealed by a ridge which
is formed by a lower cut 12a on the lower edge of this facade tile,
and additionally by a ridge which is formed by an upper cut 12b on
the upper edge of the facade tile 12 adjoining it at the bottom.
The support holder 19 engages between the lower horizontal edge of
the upper facade tile and the upper horizontal edge of the facade
tile adjoining it at the bottom. At the front, the angled bracket
19 is concealed by the ridge which is formed as a front ridge in
each case by the lower cut 12a on the lower horizontal edge and by
the upper cut 12b on the upper horizontal edge of the facade
tile.
[0084] As shown in FIG. 5c, in embodiments modified compared with
FIG. 2, the angled bracket 19 can also be formed bent, i.e. in the
broadest sense with a U-shaped cross section, and can engage in a
groove cut into the lower edge of the facade tile 12. The lower
edge of the facade tiles can be formed in the broadest sense with a
front ridge and a back ridge and the angled bracket 19 can grip
around the back ridge edge.
[0085] In embodiments modified compared with FIG. 2, the upper edge
of the facade tiles 12 can also be formed with a comparable groove
or with a front ridge and a back ridge (see FIG. 5d). The angled
bracket 19 can have a bend on its underside and can correspondingly
engage in the lower edge of the facade tiles, i.e. can engage in
the groove or grip around the back ridge. Alternatively, a separate
upper support holder, which is fastened to the support profile 42
separately, can also be provided for the engagement in the upper
edge of the facade tiles 12. For this, the support holder can be
formed with a substantially L-shaped cross section with a bend on
its underside.
[0086] For the shake-proof arrangement of the facade tiles 12 in
the H-shaped receivers 13h of the tile holders 13, press-on
elements 28 arranged in each case concealed behind the facade tiles
12 are provided in the vertical facade structure in FIG. 2 instead
of the joint profiles 18 used in FIG. 1. The press-on elements 28
cooperate in each case individually with a facade tile 12, i.e. one
separate press-on element 28 per facade tile 12. The press-on
elements 28 are formed of spring steel sheet. They have a spring
clip 28f and a fastening section 28b. The press-on element 28 is
arranged between the front of the support profile 42 and the back
of the facade tile 12 and acts on the back of the facade tile 12
with the outside of the spring clip 28f and impinges on the facade
tile in the direction towards the front of the facade structure.
The press-on elements 28 are fastened to the support profile 42
with their fastening section 28b in the facade structure
represented in FIG. 2, namely via a rivet connection in an
elongated hole of the row of elongated holes, in which the tile
holders 13 are also fastened.
[0087] The fastening of the press-on elements 28 is effected in the
elongated holes of the row of elongated holes 42l, which is formed
in the support profile. The tile holders 13 are also fastened in
the same row of elongated holes 42l, namely in the same way as the
press-on elements 28. In the same way, in the case of the facade
structure in FIG. 1 the tile holders 13 are also fastened in the
corresponding row of elongated holes 41l in the support profile 41.
This is a fastening such as is known from EP 2 186 966 A2.
[0088] Unlike the press-on element 28 used in FIG. 2, the modified
embodiment of the press-on element 28 represented in FIG. 4 has a
fastening section, which is formed as a clamping lug. For the
fastening, the clamping lug cooperates with the elongated hole of
the row of inclined elongated holes 42l selected for the respective
position in the profile support 42, namely forming a clamping
connection. For this, the clamping lug, as represented in the
detail representation in FIG. 4, has an inclined end edge, in which
a Z-shaped bend is formed. The incline of the end edge corresponds
to the angle of inclination of the elongated hole of the row of
elongated holes. In the clamping position the Z-shaped bend engages
in the elongated hole and is pushed in as far as it will go, with
the result that the Z-shaped bend grips behind the section of the
support profile behind the elongated hole. The press-on element 28
in the different embodiments of FIGS. 3 and 4 can also be used in
the case of the horizontal facade structure represented in FIG. 1,
namely fastened to the support profile 41 in a manner corresponding
to what was described above for the facade structure of FIG. 2. The
press-on element 28 can thus replace the joint profile 18 or be
used in addition to the joint profile 18.
LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS
[0089] 1 facade structure [0090] 4 substructure [0091] 41 support
profile (FIG. 1) [0092] 41b fastening section of 41 [0093] 41l row
of elongated holes in 41 [0094] 42 support profile (FIG. 2) [0095]
42l row of elongated holes in 42 [0096] 11 building wall [0097] 12
facade tile [0098] 12a lower cut for a weight-supporting
holder/angled bracket [0099] 12b upper cut for a weight-supporting
holder/angled bracket [0100] 12l elongated hole [0101] 12ko head
ridge=single back ridge edge at the head [0102] 12fl base ridge
long=front ridge edge at the base [0103] 12fk base ridge short=back
ridge edge at the base [0104] 13 tile holder [0105] 13h H-shaped
receiver of the tile holder [0106] 13f stainless steel spring
[0107] 18 joint profile [0108] 19 angled bracket, weight-supporting
holder [0109] 28 press-on spring element [0110] 28f spring clip
[0111] 28b fastening section [0112] 28bl fastening hole [0113] 28bz
Z-shaped bend [0114] SPR extrusion direction [0115] F front plane
of the facade structure [0116] VF vertical joint
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